Pop culture
Here’s the ticket: What these Australians are excited for in 2024
We asked some familiar faces and voices to share their culture hit lists for the new year.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Barbie and beige flags: The best (and weirdest) internet trends of 2023
From Matildas mania to therapy speak, we look back at the most talked about trends of the year.
- by Abby Seaman and Lauren Ironmonger
Five must-see concerts (and a few more) happening in January
The Breeders are back for the first time in five years, plus there’s live hip-hop, rap, R&B and more to dive into next month in Sydney.
- by James Jennings
Taylor Swift’s era, ‘Barbenheimer’ and AI: Pop culture moments that defined 2023
From Rihanna’s return to the spotlight, the juggernaut of Barbie and Oppenheimer and the Matildas’ triumph, we look back on the year in pop culture and the lessons for 2024.
- by Robert Moran
A ‘pitch-perfect sequel’? The fine line between fan fiction and an ugly lawsuit
Fans of The Lord of the Rings (and Star Wars and Star Trek) have always made their own stories. So when does enthusiastic fandom become a problem?
- by Michael Idato
After nearly 40 years, Wham! song finally reaches Christmas number one
Wham! have finally secured the UK’s Christmas No.1 slot almost four decades after the group was trumped by Band Aid’s single.
- by India McTaggart
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Arts
Take a chance on me: ABBA courts Melbourne to host $80m virtual concert
The 3D virtual concert ABBA Voyage is in talks to make Melbourne its first home outside London after Sydney said no.
- by Stephen Brook
Magazine
Sunday Life
The December 17 Edition
In this week’s issue, author and agony aunt Dolly Alderton, talks with Annie Lord about therapy, heartbreak and her latest book.
Dolly Alderton: ‘I couldn’t write another book about yet another heartbroken woman’
“I’m sitting here in a flat I bought with heartbreak,” Alderton explains. Her new novel, Good Material, is different.
- by Annie Lord
Africans are reshaping French one rap and joke at a time
The French language is now spoken by more people outside France than within. It’s no wonder it’s beginning to sound more like TikTok.
- by Elian Peltier
Fourth accuser sues Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs for rape, as he responds
The woman has accused the hip-hop artist and two other men of gang raping her when she was 17. Combs has rejected all allegations, saying “enough is enough”.
- by Ben Sisario and Julia Jacobs